48 U.S. Code § 1452 - Regulation of Indians

Nor shall anything in title 23 of the Revised Statutes be construed to affect the authority of the United States to make any regulations respecting the Indians of any Territory, their lands, property, or rights, by treaty, law, or otherwise, in the same manner as might be made if no temporary government existed, or is hereafter established, in any such Territory. As used herein, the term “Territory” does not include the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands.

Title 23 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was in the original “this Title”, meaning title 23 of the Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. §§ 1839 to
1976, and which, insofar as classified to the Code, is classified to sections
1451 to
1455,
1457 to
1460a,
1463,
1463a,
1465,
1467 to
1470,
1480, and
1482 to
1485 of this title and to sections
644 to
647,
649, and
655 to
657 of Title
16, Conservation. For complete classification of R.S. §§ 1839 to
1976 to the Code, see Tables.